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‘Okie From Muskogee’: The Story Behind Merle Haggard’s Country Classic
Udiscovermusic ^ | September 29, 2025 | Paul Sexton

Posted on 09/29/2025 5:03:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Inyo-Mono

Wow!

Thanks for posting both versions with an explanation.


21 posted on 09/29/2025 10:57:38 PM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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To: jeffersondem

I’m from Bakersfield. Knew Merle and Bonnie and a few members of his band. Also knew Buck and his sons some. Bakersfield was a smaller place back then.


22 posted on 09/30/2025 2:46:51 AM PDT by sheana
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To: nickcarraway

Back when this song came out, CBS news made a trip to Muskogee, found a pot smoking hippie and interviewed him.


23 posted on 09/30/2025 3:15:06 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: nickcarraway

My Father-in-law and wife were driving from Plano TX to Tulsa when her water broke in Muskogee, so my brother-in-law always hid his head in shame when that song was played as he was born there.


24 posted on 09/30/2025 6:56:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( REOPEN THE MENTAL HOSPITALS CLOSED IN THE 1970S!)
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To: sheana

I have a 45 of Merle and Bonnie singing “Just Between the Two of Us” on Tolly records with Bonnie’s autograph on the label.


25 posted on 09/30/2025 10:05:05 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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